Analyzing Ava ta r: A Rev iew Essa y
Nekeisha Alexis-Baker
By the time I decided to see James Cameron’s Avatar, I had already heard enough about the film to be unsure whether it would be worth the time, effort and petroleum to see it. People’s comments about the film ranged from praise for its groundbreaking 3D animation; to criticism of its racist portrayal of the indigenous; to disappointment with the overly predictable storytelling; to appreciation for its critique of colonization and civilization

in "Philippine Magazine," Apr 1938
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His Prisoner by Paras, Loreto
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Home Is Where by Victorio-Fruto, Ligaya
House That I Built (The) by Santos, Bienvenido N. How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife by Arguilla, Manuel E. Hunger in Barok by Gonzalez, N.V.M. Hurt Pride by Retizos, Isidro L.
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In Parable by Castro, Fidel D.
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In the Shrine by Paras, Loreto
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Interlude (The) by Arcellana, Francisco It Isn't Just Horses by Litiaco, Alfredo Elfren
It Isn't Just Horses

Happiest Boy in the World by NVM Gonzalez
Julio , who had come from Tablas to settle in Barok, was writing a letter, of all people, Ka Ponso, his landlord, one warm June night. It was about hiks son, Jose, who wanted to go to school in Mansalay that year. Jose was in fifth grade when Julio and his family had left Tablas the year before and migrated to Mindoro; because the father had some difficulty in getting some land of his own to farm, the boy had to stop schooling for a year. As it was, Julio

poverty. This made use of the Fantasy Theme Analysis (FTA) of Ernest Bormann to unfold the sentiments of poor Filipinos who are characters in “Rice and Bullets” of Hernando Ocampo, “Rice” and “Caps and Lower Case” of Manuel Arguilla and “Hunger in Barok” of N.V.M. Gonzales. Through (FTA), this study successfully presented the pattern of reaction of characters as to how they stood by and subverted their moral principles and how they competed against the rich in order to survive. Moreover, this study